This Week In Long Odds

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (AP) — The effort resumed at dawn for a climber who fell into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

Skamania County Undersheriff David Cox says officials have asked for a military helicopter to reach the climber, identified as 52-year-old Joseph Bohlig of Kelso.

But Cox says conditions Tuesday morning would not permit flying because of clouds and winds — or a ground rescue attempt because of the avalanche danger.

The Skamania County sheriff's office says Bohlig was standing on the rim Monday with a climbing partner when a snow overhang gave way and he fell about 1,500 feet into the crater. Other climbers called 911. The climbing partner made it down safely.

Attempts to reach Bohlig by helicopter Monday afternoon were unsuccessful.